Thanksgiving to the Lord (2009)

Thanksgiving to the Lord
I give the following thanks to God my Father, Jesus Christ my savor and Holy Spirit my forever consular on the day of Nov 26th, 2009.
May He is gloried through my life. Pray that I will have more His Character in the coming years.

1. Marriage
God rebuilt our marriage to what was stated in the bible. I am more dependent on my husband and my husband is more responsible for the family. My husband reaped all the benefits for having me at home and I saw a husband’s sacrificial love for the wife and our family like what Christ has done for the church. We both are running to the God. There are only two decisions that I made correct in my life so far:1) Choose God to be my savor 1) Be my husband’s wife. The rest of the decisions, whether right or wrong is not that important anymore.

2. Family
I am now more confident about life. Joy and hope comes from within, not depend on what has happened. I am now ready for our babies to join us in our journeys in lives as I am looking forward to a better life tomorrow.

God also issued an order to me to reconcile with my earthly father. Forgive and Love Him. As I stepping out in obeying Him, I saw the miracle that my Mom is very joyful and our family is so close and in love with each other.

3. Money
God send us to this world to rule. Let us not to down grade ourselves to labor to save money, but to manage the assets and try to enjoy life. Put God first, seeking His righteousness, everything else will follow.

4. Job
The job in this world does not have to be what you do not like. Working on a job you do not like, just for the “predicative” paycheck, you still could be laid off.
The favorite jobs, customized for each individual do exist.

5. Career
“Two or three gather in my name, I will be with them”. This can happen everywhere in whatever we do.
If we team up with God, there are huge potentials with various opportunities. All we need to do is to willingly give ourselves to Him.

6. Who is God to me
God is a real person. My husband and I discuss our concerns, He answers right away when we pray.
God is my teacher. He taught me many things this year: 1) adversity comes in different shape and intensity, but who hasn’t? 2) Giving your passion and talent to God is the safest thing 3) when evaluate (people, opportunities) try to discern without being suspicious 4) when communicating, be simple, clear, emphasis on the essential, not to impress others and feel comfortable leaving something unsaid……..

God has sovereignty and difficult to get rid of. So I’d better be smart, willingly joyfully obey whatever He asks for.

7. Beyond
I don’t need a job, a house, a baby to be joyful. I know God loves me.
If one day I achieve anything, is because what I went through in 2009. God showed me where to go, how to conquer, what to learn step be step.

8. Advice to myself:
don’t turn away from God, no matter what happens, hold onto Him tightly. Always have thanksgiving in my heart. No matter how bad the situation is, it could be worse without Him. As long I still have a breath, he will give me strength.